English Explanatory Dictionary

simonite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A monoclinic-prismatic red mineral containing arsenic, mercury, sulphur, and thallium.
noun
  1. Synonym of Simonian.

Word forms

simonite Simonites

Etymology

Simonite (TlHgAs₃S₆), found in Allchar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia, named in 1982 for Simon Engel, son of Peter Engel (b. 1942), a Swiss crystallographer, + -ite

Synonyms

Simonian
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